The Best American Soccer Players (July 2015)

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Clint Dempsey remains the American soccer player par excellence. (Photo: AP)
Clint Dempsey remains the American soccer player par excellence. (Photo: AP)

 

 

Rankings are hard. Weighing various factors to rank soccer players presents plenty of problems. How you consider skill, position, club, league, and international form leads to controversy.

 

All rankings are biased as everyone values different qualities and criteria differently, but here is World Soccer Source’s rankings of The Best American Footballers for July 2015:

 

  1. CLINT DEMPSEY (Seattle Sounders)
  2. MICHAEL BRADLEY (Toronto FC)
  3. BENNY FEILHABER (Sporting KC)
  4. MIX DISKERUD (NYC FC)
  5. JOZY ALTIDORE (Toronto FC)
  1. JUAN AGUDELO (New England Revolution)
  2. GEOFF CAMERON (Stoke City)
  3. ALEJANDRO BEDOYA (Nantes)
  4. FABIAN JOHNSON (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
  5. ARON JÓHANNSSON (AZ Alkmaar)
  1. DEANDRE YEDLIN (Tottenham)
  2. CHARLIE DAVIES (New England Revolution)
  3. BRAD GUZAN (Aston Villa)
  4. VENTURA ALVARADO (Club América)
  5. JOHN BROOKS (Hertha Berlin)
  1. JOE CORONA (Veracruz)
  2. RUBIO RUBIN (Utrecht)
  3. LEE NGUYEN (New England Revolution)
  4. SEBASTIAN LLETGET (LA Galaxy)
  5. MAURICE EDU (Philadelphia Union)
  1. GREG GARZA (Atlas)
  2. DILLON POWERS (Colorado Rapids)
  3. GYASI ZARDES (LA Galaxy)
  4. JOSÉ VILLARREAL (LA Galaxy)
  5. ANDREW FARRELL (New England Revolution)

 

Injured: JERMAINE JONES

Honorable Mention: ERIC LICHAJ, BRADFORD JAMIESON IV, MATT MIAZGA, TEAL BUNBURY, LUIS GIL, LONDON WOODBERRY, PAUL ARRIOLA